People did not catch that joke. I think the issue was that you didn't go far enough. The internet has people who would say something like that and mean it. It wasn't absurd enough to be dismissed.
Rather than fascism per-se, actions like holding people without charge, perusing their personal belongings and papers without due process, and threatening families or associates, are the marks of totalitarianism. It exists on both the right and left ends of the political spectrum.
What a flagrant abuse of power. It looks like their power should be reigned in.
The acts are fascism. The public would pay more attention if we refer to them as such.
* edits: wording. I have hard time being dispassionate about this.